American Experience S23 E9 - The Great Famine

American Experience

American Experience S23 E9 - The Great Famine
Jan 06, 2026 55 min Documentary Movies
6.6

The little-known story of the American effort to relieve starvation in the new Soviet Russia in 1921, The Great Famine is a documentary about the worst natural disaster in Europe since the Black Plague in the Middle Ages. Five million Soviet citizens died. Half a world away, Americans responded with a massive two-year relief campaign, championed by Herbert Hoover, director of the American Relief Administration.